1 About Me

1.1 Introduction


Hello! I’m Lily Claire (or LC) Gibson-Grossmann. I recently graduated from Clemson University with bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and Secondary Education. Currently, I am pursuing my master’s in Data Science and Analytics, also at Clemson. After completing two successful summer internships, I am excited to begin my career as a Quantitative Analyst at Bank of America in July 2025. I have a passion for learning, personal growth, helping others, and making positive contributions to my community.


2 Projects

2.1 Interactive Game: The Intelligence-Games (Spring 2023)

The Intelligence Games

OpenAI. (2024). A conceptual illustration representing a game that creatively combines themes from ‘The Hunger Games’ and the American public education system. DALL·E.
OpenAI. (2024). A conceptual illustration representing a game that creatively combines themes from ‘The Hunger Games’ and the American public education system. DALL·E.


In Spring 2023, I took Introduction to Programming in Java course (CPSC1060) at Clemson University. We were assigned a final project that allowed us to creatively create a game! This game is a parallel between the Hunger Games, one of my favorite book series, and the American public education system.


2.2 Interactive Game: Hogwarts: The Next Generation (Spring 2024)

Hogwarts: The Next Generation

OpenAI. (2024). An imaginative scene from a role-playing game inspired by a magical school setting. DALL·E.
OpenAI. (2024). An imaginative scene from a role-playing game inspired by a magical school setting. DALL·E.


We were assigned a project to create a role-playing game for my ‘Introduction to Programming in Python’ (CPSC1050) course here at Clemson University in the Spring 2024. In this game I created, you are a new Hogwarts student (Harry Potter’s child) where you will get sorted into your house, learn spells, and help save Hagrid by battling a troll!


2.3 Interactive Game: Strands (Spring 2024)

Strands

Strands Game. (n.d.). Logo. Strands Game. https://strandsgame.net/
Strands Game. (n.d.). Logo. Strands Game. https://strandsgame.net/


I took CPSC 1070 with Dr. Alex Adkins at Clemson University in Spring 2024, where we primarily worked with C and C++. For one project, I replicated the NYT Games’ Strands using my Mac’s terminal. The game reads a text file input with the grid size, word length, and grid letters, and challenges the player to find hidden words within the grid. This project will not be reused, hence this code can be published.


2.4 Example Graph: US GDP per Capita (Fall 2024)


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